Photos and interviews from around the museum
Journey of the Seal Stone
April 2012 - Just in time for our Annual Open House, we track down the story of the seal stone housed in our archaeology collection. Collection manager Jim Whitney tells us what we know and what we'd like to learn. More here...
Leggy! Live Spiders & Their Relatives
January 2012 - Our new special exhibit features live arthropods. These leggy creatures were quite photogenic and our model, Jill Stockbridge, was an excellent caretaker. More here...
New Shelves for Earth Science
November 2011 - Earth sciences curator Pat Druckenmiller received a $392,486 grant from NSF’s biological research collections program to help bring the museum's storage facility into the 21st Century. More here...
Northern Alaska Rock Art
September 2011 - This summer, a team of archaeologists and artists traveled to a petroglyph site in the Noatak National Preserve. During smallscale excavations of prehistoric dwellings, the team made an exciting discovery. More here...
Banners and Flowers Frame the Museum
August 2011 - New banners and new flowers adorn the museum on a beautiful day. Accented by the stunning cloudscape, the museum's architecture shows off yet another side. Summer is fleeting in Alaska, yet an abundance of life flourishes under its watch. More here...
Ida Cast Comes to the Museum
July 2011 - Earth sciences curator Pat Druckenmiller spent June doing research with a colleague in Oslo, Norway. While he was there, he collected a cast of the Messel pit fossil known as Ida. More here...
The World of Insects
June 2011 - Members of the University of Alaska Museum of the North staff are getting ready for the spider exhibit opening in January 2012 featuring live insects, as well as movies about their behaviour and habitat. More here...
2011 Open House and Military Appreciation
April 30, 2011 - Some scenes from the museum's annual open house, held for the first time in April. Visitors saw science in action and met members of the local military communities who partner with the museum in the acquisition of specimens for the collection . More here...
Chocolate, Coffee, Cordials & Formals
April 9, 2011 - The University of Alaska Museum of the North's mostly-annual Chocolate Bash in support of the Museum Endowment Fund was a formal success. The crowd enjoyed tropical treats from the community's most creative chefs and put on their own glamorous show as well. More here...
The Calder Quartet at the Museum
March 5, 2011 - The Calder Quartet visited Fairbanks for thje Fairbanks Concert Association's 2010-11 season.Thanks to FCA's dedication to sharing their artists with the wider community, the quartet offered a preview performance at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. More here...
